Base for a Water Pipe (huqqa) with Floral Medallions

China

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The shape and function indicates that this piece was made for export, probably to India. It remains unclear when the huqqa, used for cooling tobacco or some other substance with water prior to smoking, developed, though historical references indicate that it was used in both India and the Middle East by the sixteenth century.

Base for a Water Pipe (huqqa) with Floral Medallions, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze, and with brown glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China

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Base for a Water Pipe (huqqa) with Floral Medallions, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze, and with brown glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China
Base for a Water Pipe (huqqa) with Floral Medallions, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze, and with brown glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China
Base for a Water Pipe (huqqa) with Floral Medallions, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze, and with brown glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China
Base for a Water Pipe (huqqa) with Floral Medallions, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze, and with brown glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China
Base for a Water Pipe (huqqa) with Floral Medallions, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze, and with brown glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China
Base for a Water Pipe (huqqa) with Floral Medallions, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze, and with brown glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China
Base for a Water Pipe (huqqa) with Floral Medallions, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze, and with brown glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China

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